Sparking pistol



l.. V ARONSON.

SPARKNG PISTOL.

APPLICATsoN FILED DEC. 19, 1921.

A @53% Patented Mar. 28, 1922.

. other h stares evenaar LOUIS V. ARONSGN, F NEWARK, NEW JERSEY.

Sammie Merci..

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application led December 19,1921. Serial No. 523x512.`

To all whom t may concern.'

Be it known that I, Louis V. ARoNsoN, a citizen of the United States,residin at Newark, in the county of Essex and tate of New Jersey, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Sparking Pistols, ofwhich the following is a specification.

The invention relates to toys, and has as An illustrative embodiment ofthe invention is shown in the accompanying drawings, in which- Fig. 1 isa side elevation;

Fig. 2 is a vertical longitudinal section, with parts shown inelevation;

Fig. 3 is a horizontal transverse section on line 3 3, of Fig, 2;

IF ig. 4 is a vertical transverse section on line 4-4 of Fig. 2;

Fig. 5 is a detail section on line 5-5 of Fig. 2 upon an enlarged scale,and Fig. 6 is a like section vshowing a modification.

The casing 5 of the toy is preferably formed intwo halves heldtogetherby means of up-standing lugs 6 on one of the halves, each lug rovidedwith a recess 7 and the alf) being rovided with a ton e 8 adapted to bedoubled about the lug 6 1n the recess 7.

The working parts of the device are carried upon a plate 9 which may besecured to one half of the casing by tongues 10 which may extend throughthe casing and be clinched on the outside. v

To produce friction upon a piece of pyrolphoric metal a wheel 11, havinga roughened surface 12, and a series of ratchet teeth 13 is shown asrotatably mounted upon the forward end of the plate 9. To hold a pieceof pyrophoric metal a strap; 12 is provided integral with the plate 9,the end of the strap being bent'into the form of a cylinder 13', whichcylinder may be truly cylindrical, or circular in cross section, or itmay be triangular, as shown at 15, Fig. 6, square, or any other desiredform 1n cross sectlon, the only requirement belng that it produce thesparks' ,jection 26 struck out at rigli't -angles be a hollow bodyadopted to contain a piece of pyrophorle'x metal 14 of the same shape.'Preferabl the end of the strap which forms the cylln er is stoppedshort of the main body of the strap to produce a alotA in the cyllnderfor action off a press'je element.

Patented Mar. 2S, 11922.

- A pressure element vto provide pressure upon the pyrophoric element inthe cylinder 1s provided in the lform ofv a member 15 plvoted `at 16upon the plate 9, and having a portion extendin to the exterior of thecasing and serrate vat 17, whereby the element may be retracted by thethumbv of the user. T6" rovide pressure of the extension 18 upon t epyprophoric element a spring 19 has an end anchored on the strap 12whichis coiled about the pivotv 16 of the member Y15, and has its otherend overlyy ing a projectionv 20 carried by the member 15. is theelement 14 is worn away the extension 18 will follow downward into theslot in the cylinder 13", feeding the ele-v ment 14 downward,and'providing the requisite pressure thereon.v The element may berenewed by merely revolving the element 15 about its pivot and placing anew element 14 in the cylinderwhich may be done from the exterior of thedevice. To provide movement of the friction element 11 a plate 2l ismounted to slide upon the plate 9, being guided in an opening formedk inan angularly extending portion 22 of the plate 9 at lts end, and behinda portion 23 doubled over from the middle of the plate 9, the slidingplate carrying a series of pawl teeth 24. It is desired to have themember 11 remain stationary in one direction of the travel of the plate`21, so as to avoid unnecessary wear upon the pyrophoric element. Thepawl teeth 24 are therefore adapted to yield downwardl as the plate ismoved for- Ward, against t e upward pressure of a spring 25 which has afulcrum upon a room the plate 9, and provided with a recess to retalnthe spring and which spring is also coiled about the pivot 27 of the triger 28.

To hold the trlgger in thenorma position shown in Fig. 2 the spring 25is seated in the grooved posterior of the trigger 28. The trigger ispreferably formed from a single piece of metal by doubling a ortion onltself so as to provide an anterlor portion at 29 and the groovedposterior portion already referred to.

The reciprocating plate 21,may be pressed rearwardly by means of a coilspring 30, anchored'to the member'22 and to a lug 31 struck up from thereciprocating plate.

To enable the trigger 28 to act upon the plate 21 its upper end 32liesbehind a pro-l jection 33 from the plate 21, which projection has arearwardly slipping cam surface upon its forward face. As the lowerportion of the trigger is forced'to the rear the plate 21 will be forcedforward against the pressure of the sprin 30 until the end 32 of thetrigger slips o from the projection 33 below the same'when the plate 21will be forcibly and suddenly returned to normal. The cam teeth 24 whichyielded downwardly so as not to revolve the element 11 during theirforward movement being pressed upward by spring 25 will catch in theteeth 13 of this element and `cause sudden revolution as the plate 21snaps to normal position, thus producing sparks from the pyrophoricelement. The sparks will be rojected from the open muzzle 34, and willilluminate -a transparent or translucent element 35 through Windowsbetween the strips 36 adjacent the muzzle of the toy. Preferably thematerial 35 will vbe colored, red being a desirable color. windows areso sliffht that each series of windows give the eect of a single openingwhen illuminated and such illumination has the effect of a long streakof iiame similar to that seen when a firearm is discharged.

To suddenly check the rearward lmotion of the plate 21 and produce asound somewhat similar to an explosion a member 37 is shown struck outfrom the plate 9, and a member 38 from the plate 21 adapted to seatagainst;

the member 37.

The toy may be operatedas frequently as desired without recharging.except at long intervals, when the pyrophoric element is worn out, andat each discharge a shower of sparks is projected from' the muzzle, andthe colored windows are brilliantly illuminated, which action isaccompanied by the snapping sound to simulate the sound of a pistol.

Minor changes may be made in the physical embodiment of the inventionwithout departing from its spirit.

l claim- 1. A toy pistol comprising a casing having a relatively longbarrel-forming portion and a series of openings in its sides, a coveringof translucent material for each series 'caslng The spaces between theof openings, and sparking means within the to illuminate said openings.

2. A toy pistol comprising a casing having a relatively'longbarrel-portion having a seriesof closely adjacent openings in the sidesof the barrel adjacent* to its muzzle, whereby each series is adapted togive the appearance of a single opening when illuminated, a covering oftranslucent material for some of said openings, and means within thecasing for producing sparks.

3. A toy pistolI comprisinga casing, a plate mounted within the casing,a sparking Y element holding loop of lpolygonal cross section carried bysaid plate, a friction device mounted on the-plate, 4means carried bythe plate to press a sparking element held inv said loop against thedevice, and means mounted on the plate toA cause movement of saiddevice,

4. A toy pistol comprising a casing, a plate mounted within the casing,a strap struck from the plate, a sparking element holding loop carriedby the strap, a friction wheel mounted on the plate and carrying ratchetteeth, a slidable member mounted for reciprocation on the plate, pawlteeth on the member, means for yieldingly pressing said pawl teethagainst said ratchet teeth, and means for causing slow, forward andquick return movement of said member.

5. A toy pistol comprising a casing, a plate mounted in the casing, afriction wheel mounted on the plate, a. member movably mounted on theplate adapted to revolve.

said wheel during a portion of its movement, means mounted on the plateto cause slow outward and quick return movement of said member, andmeansmounted on the plate to hold a pyrophoric element in contact with saidwheel.

6. A toy pistol comprising a casing a plate mounted in the casing, afriction wheel mounted on the plate, a member movablyl mounted on theplate adapted to revolve said wheel during a portion of its movement,means mounted on the plate to cause slow outward and quick returnmovement of said member, means mounted on the plate to hold a pyrophoricelement in Contact with said wheel, said last named means comprising aloop of polygonal cross section, and means mounted on the plate to pressan elementcarried by said loop toward the wheel.

roms v. AaoNsoN.

